The second of these five Hallelujah Psalms, the EXODUS Psalm. PRAISE YE THE LORD. Hebrew Hallelu-JAH. App-4. Not "inserted by mistake in verse Psalms 147:1 instead of in the title", but required here by the Structure. See the Structure. FOR. Not "come into the first line from the second by dittogr... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. DOTH BUILD UP JERUSALEM. is Jerusalem's builder (participle). No reference to post-exilic building. Compare Psalms 122:3. GATHERETH. will gather. OUTCASTS. the driven away.... [ Continue Reading ]
STARS... NAMES. See App-12. Compare Isaiah 40:26. NAMES. The reference is to the knowledge of the "names" in building up the nation of Israel. Compare verses: Psalms 147:2; Psalms 147:20 with Exodus 1:7. and verses: Psa 15:19 with Exodus 20.... [ Continue Reading ]
OUR LORD. Hebrew. _'Adonim._ App-4. Compare Psalms 135:5. OF GREAT POWER. abounding in power. Compare Isaiah 40:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MEEK. meek or humble ones. Numbers 12:3. WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOUNTAINS. The Septuagint adds "and herb for the service of men". From thence it found its way into the Prayer Book Version. Compare Psalms 104:14. Here, the addition is out of place, as "man" is not introduced till Psalms 147:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE TAKETH NOT. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "Nor taketh delight". MAN. Hebrew. _ish_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOPE IN HIS MERCY. wait for His lovingkindness.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAISE THE LORD. Not the same word as in Psalms 147:1. Used only by David and Solomon. Zion. See App-68. Zion then still standing.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEACE IN THY BORDERS. thy borders peace.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMANDMENT. sayings, or utterances. Hebrew. _'imrah._ See App-73. Compare Psalms 33:9; Psalms 107:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORD. Hebrew. _dabar =_ the subject-matter of the articulate utterance (Psalms 147:16). See App-73. WIND. Hebrew. _ruach,_ App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORD. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "word". Others read plural. JACOB... ISRAEL. See notes on Genesis 32:28. Compare Psa 43:6. Psa 45:26, Psa 45:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT DEALT SO, &C. The reference is to Exodus 20. Compare Deuteronomy 4:7; Deuteronomy 4:8. and see App-15. THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN THEM. Septuagint and Vulg, read "He maketh not known to them".... [ Continue Reading ]